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Snow Across the Great Lakes, Central Appalachians, and Northeast; Unsettled Weather in the West

Light to moderate snow will continue into Saturday over the Great Lakes, Central Appalachians, and Northeast. This weekend into next week, a series of atmospheric rivers will bring gusty winds, periods of heavy rain, and mountain snow to northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Colder temperatures are in store for the weekend from the Great Lakes to East Coast. Read More >

Snow map from Feb 8, 2017

 

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Chicago IL
0139 PM CST Thu Feb 09 2017

...Morning Snowfall Roundup...

   The following are snow amounts for the previous 24 hours
   as measured in the morning by NWS Cooperative Observers
   and CoCoRaHS observers.
   Observations are usually taken at 7 AM.

   24-hour Snowfall Amounts for Thursday(02/09/17)...


Northern Illinois                              Snow
  Location (County):                           fall(inches)

  Chatsworth (Livingston).......................4.0
  Fairbury (Livingston).........................4.0
  Chatsworth (Livingston).......................4.0
  Watseka (Iroquois)............................4.0
  Watseka 6.9WNW (Iroquois).....................3.8
  Paxton (Ford).................................3.5
  Ashkum 5.6E (Iroquois)........................3.0
  Streator (Livingston).........................2.5
  Dwight (Livingston)...........................2.0
  St Anne (Kankakee)............................2.0
  Bonfield 4WSW (Kankakee)......................1.8
  Ottawa 1NW (La Salle).........................1.8
  Streator 4ENE (La Salle)......................1.8
  Bourbonnais (Kankakee)........................1.7
  La Salle (La Salle)...........................1.6
  Coal City 4NNW (Grundy).......................1.5
  Carbon Hill 3.1N (Grundy).....................1.5
  Morris 6ESE (Grundy)..........................1.5
  Kankakee (Kankakee)...........................1.5
  Park Forest 1SW (Cook)........................1.4
  Peotone (Will)................................1.4
  Wilmington 3SE (Will).........................1.4
  Peotone (Will)................................1.4
  Ottawa 2N (La Salle)..........................1.3
  Coal City (Grundy)............................1.2
  Joliet 2n (Will)..............................1.1
  Manhattan 5ENE (Will).........................1.0
  Plainfield 2SSE (Will)........................1.0
  Lockport 1SE (Will)...........................1.0
  New Lenox 3E (Will)...........................1.0
  Romeoville (Will).............................1.0
  Manhattan (Will)..............................1.0
  Marseilles (La Salle).........................1.0
  Morris (Grundy)...............................1.0
  Crete 3E (Will)...............................0.9
  Park Forest (Cook)............................0.9
  Plainfield 5SW (Kendall)......................0.8
  Manhattan 1ESE (Will).........................0.7
  New Lenox 2SE (Will)..........................0.7
  Minooka (Grundy)..............................0.6
  Mendota (La Salle)............................0.6
  Plainfield (Will).............................0.6
  Earlville 3S (La Salle).......................0.5
  Chicago Ridge (Cook)..........................0.5
  Palos Park 1SW (Cook).........................0.5
  Somonauk 2NE (De Kalb)........................0.5
  Oswego 5SSE (Kendall).........................0.5
  Bridgeview 1NNW (Cook)........................0.4
  Sheridan 3SSE (La Salle)......................0.4
  Yorkville 2SE (Kendall).......................0.4
  Oak Lawn (Cook)...............................0.3
  Worth (Cook)..................................0.3
  Burnham-hegewisch 2NNW (Cook).................0.3
  Aurora 4SE (Du Page)..........................0.2
  Burr Ridge 2SW (Du Page)......................0.2
  Aurora 4SE (Du Page)..........................0.1
  Downers Grove 0.4NNE (Du Page)................0.1
  Naperville 4SSW (Will)........................0.1
  Midway Coop (Cook)............................0.1
  De Kalb (De Kalb)...........................TRACE
  Chicago 6ESE (Cook).........................TRACE
  Countryside 1ENE (Cook).....................TRACE
  La Grange Park 1SSW (Cook)..................TRACE
  Elmhurst 2SE (Du Page)......................TRACE
  Lisle 1SE (Du Page).........................TRACE
  Naperville 1NW (Du Page)....................TRACE
  Mazon 0.5ENE (Grundy).......................TRACE
  Batavia 1WSW (Kane).........................TRACE
  Batavia 2WNW (Kane).........................TRACE
  Sugar Grove 1ENE (Kane).....................TRACE
  Batavia 1WNW (Kane).........................TRACE
  Geneva 1SSW (Kane)..........................TRACE
  Elgin 2W (Kane).............................TRACE
  Ottawa (La Salle)...........................TRACE
  Paw Paw (Lee)...............................TRACE
  Rockford (Winnebago)........................TRACE

Northwest Indiana                              Snow
  Location (County):                           fall(inches)

  Remington (Jasper)............................4.2
  Remington (Jasper)............................2.7
  Rensselaer 2SSW (Jasper)......................2.0
  (w9opr)Wheatfield 1ENE (Jasper)...............2.0
  Valparaiso 6SSW (Porter)......................1.8
  Chesterton 4E (Porter)........................1.5
  Valparaiso 1NNW (Porter)......................1.5
  Rensselaer (Jasper)...........................1.4
  De Motte 1NNW (Jasper)........................1.3
  De Motte 1SSW (Jasper)........................1.2
  De Motte 4SW (Jasper).........................1.2
  (w9mal)Merrillville 2NNW (Lake)...............1.2
  Dyer 1WNW (Lake)..............................1.1
  Valparaiso 4SW (Porter).......................1.1
  De Motte 6S (Jasper)..........................1.0
  Crown Point 2WSW (Lake).......................1.0
  (kb9f)Valparaiso 4S (Porter)..................1.0
  Valparaiso 6WSW (Porter)......................1.0
  Crown Point (Lake)............................0.9
  Crown Point 1N (Lake).........................0.9
  Hebron 4NE (Porter)...........................0.8
  Porter 1S (Porter)............................0.6
  Indiana Dunes (Porter)........................0.5
  Gary 5ENE (Lake)..............................0.5
  Portage 1ESE (Porter).........................0.5

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Local Storm Reports

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
610 PM CST WED FEB 08 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0605 PM     SNOW             PAXTON                  40.46N 88.10W
02/08/2017  E4.5 INCH        FORD               IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0605 PM     SNOW             FOWLER                  40.62N 87.32W
02/08/2017  E3.0 INCH        BENTON             IN   911 CALL CENTER

0600 PM     SNOW             ROMEOVILLE              41.65N 88.09W
02/08/2017  M1.3 INCH        WILL               IL   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            STORM TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF 0.07.

0545 PM     SNOW             GILMAN                  40.77N 88.00W
02/08/2017  M4.5 INCH        IROQUOIS           IL   PUBLIC

0545 PM     SNOW             HOMEWOOD                41.56N 87.66W
02/08/2017  M1.3 INCH        COOK               IL   COCORAHS

0445 PM     SNOW             WATSEKA                 40.78N 87.73W
02/08/2017  E4.0 INCH        IROQUOIS           IL   PUBLIC

0445 PM     SNOW             HOBART                  41.53N 87.27W
02/08/2017  M1.3 INCH        LAKE               IN   PUBLIC

0400 PM     SNOW             1 N UTICA               41.35N 89.01W
02/08/2017  E1.0 INCH        LA SALLE           IL   PUBLIC

0345 PM     SNOW             4 NNW JOLIET            41.59N 88.14W
02/08/2017  M1.0 INCH        WILL               IL   NWS EMPLOYEE

0340 PM     SNOW             2 N JOLIET              41.56N 88.12W
02/08/2017  E2.0 INCH        WILL               IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0340 PM     SNOW             1 SW PLAINFIELD         41.61N 88.22W
02/08/2017  E1.5 INCH        WILL               IL   PUBLIC

0323 PM     SNOW             PORTAGE                 41.59N 87.18W
02/08/2017  M1.0 INCH        PORTER             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0323 PM     SNOW             3 WSW BOURBONNAIS       41.15N 87.94W
02/08/2017  M2.0 INCH        KANKAKEE           IL   COCORAHS

0240 PM     SNOW             DE MOTTE                41.20N 87.20W
02/08/2017  E1.1 INCH        JASPER             IN   PUBLIC

0230 PM     SNOW             PONTIAC                 40.88N 88.64W
02/08/2017  E3.0 INCH        LIVINGSTON         IL   PUBLIC

0230 PM     SNOW             VALPARAISO              41.48N 87.05W
02/08/2017  M0.7 INCH        PORTER             IN   PUBLIC

0210 PM     SNOW             1 E ASHKUM              40.88N 87.93W
02/08/2017  E2.9 INCH        IROQUOIS           IL   PUBLIC

0210 PM     SNOW             FAIR OAKS               41.08N 87.26W
02/08/2017  E1.0 INCH        JASPER             IN   POST OFFICE

0210 PM     SNOW             4 NNW COAL CITY         41.34N 88.30W
02/08/2017  M1.5 INCH        GRUNDY             IL   COCORAHS

0140 PM     SNOW             2 SW ESSEX              41.16N 88.22W
02/08/2017  M2.8 INCH        KANKAKEE           IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0135 PM     SNOW             ODELL                   41.00N 88.52W
02/08/2017  E3.0 INCH        LIVINGSTON         IL   PUBLIC

            STORM TOTAL SO FAR

0135 PM     SNOW             OTTAWA                  41.35N 88.84W
02/08/2017  E1.0 INCH        LA SALLE           IL   PUBLIC

            STORM TOTAL SO FAR

1230 PM     SNOW             GARDNER                 41.19N 88.31W
02/08/2017  M1.5 INCH        GRUNDY             IL   PUBLIC